Lionel Messi kicks off NFT art collection dubbed 'Messiverse'
Aug 24, 2021 23:20 pm UTC| Sports Digital Currency
Professional football player Lionel Messi has joined the non-fungible tokens (NFT) bandwagon with the launch of Messiverse, featuring a collection of crypto artworks designed by Australia-based digital designer...
Sports apparel startup Fanatics scores big with MLB sports card deal and PSG's signing of Leo Messi
Aug 21, 2021 12:37 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Sports apparel startup Fanatics will become the new exclusive licensee for Major League Baseball (MLB) cards in 2025, while its LA store that focuses on Paris Saint-Germain apparel got a boost when the soccer team signed...
Blox expects cryptocurrency partnership with football club Ajax to boost brand awareness
Aug 17, 2021 07:58 am UTC| Digital Currency Sports
Crypto-based social trading platform Blox expects its partnership with Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC) Ajax to boost its brand awareness and ambitions for growth in Europe. AFC Ajax has tapped Blox to be its official...
Washington Wizards owner eyes $12 million per year jersey sponsorship deal
Aug 13, 2021 23:25 pm UTC| Sports Economy
NBA team Washington Wizards is eyeing a new jersey sponsorship contract under a so-called unified offer that it hopes would bag it $12 million per year after a deal with the insurance firm GEICO expired. The unified...
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
Aug 06, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Sports
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish...
Boycotting the next Olympics in Beijing will hurt athletes: Here's a better idea
Aug 06, 2021 09:39 am UTC| Sports
With the Tokyo Olympics coming to an end, human rights activists are expected to step up their campaign against the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in protest against the genocide of the Uyghurs and other...
NTT laments lost opportunity to showcase technology at Tokyo Olympics
Aug 04, 2021 23:11 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Japanese companies like Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. lament the missed opportunity for their products to take center stage with the lack of spectators in the Olympic games. NTT wanted to showcase its...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects